Monthly Archives: January 2015

Did you know that
– elephants drink approximately 150 litre of water and eat around 200 kg plants/grasses a day? (That means they spend most of their time eating.)
– elephant herds consist of females only? [For most of the time, the “men” just hang around somewhere, often alone 🙂 ]
– baby elephants would die without the love of their mothers and their herds?
– elephants never forget and can keep things in mind over many years or even decades?

The National Park Uda Walawe is home to many animals. But among all other animals we saw on our safari tour, none impressed me as much as elephants. They are amazing!

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“My name is Tharindu. I’m sixteen and I’m managing the online things of our guesthouse. We treat our guests just as we treat our neighbors. We like to spend time with them, get to know their cultures and other things like how they work…
It’s nice to help out in our guesthouse but I wanna become a software engineer in the future.“

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Sigiriya, a UNESCO world heritage site, is definitely one of the must-sees in Sri Lanka. Sigiriya means the Lion’s Rock and is around 200 meters high. Sigiriya has a long history but the naming goes back to the 5th century AD when a king, named Kassapa, build his palace on the top of the rock with an impressive gateway in the shape of a lion. I really have no idea how the people managed to build something this enormous back at that time, let alone how they managed to transport the construction material all the way up the hill…
To become king, Kassapa had organized the assassination of his father and made his brother flee to India. 18 years later, Kassapa’s brother returned from India with his army to take revenge, and defeated Kassapa in a cruel battle. At the end of his tether Kassapa committed suicide. (source: our tour guide and unesco.org)

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“Our intention with House of le Meridien was to create a(nother) home for our guests. So, this place is ‘your home away from home’.
We can’t travel the whole world, but, by hosting guests from all around the globe, we can bring the world to us!”
Thank you and your family so much for having us, Dennis!

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After spending long hours in the plane, we finally arrived in Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo. Our first guesthouse, with a lovely family hosting us, is located in Negombo and not far from the airport. Luckily, we had booked the pick up service of the guesthouse and someone was waiting for us at the airport with a sheet of paper with our names on it! Now we are enjoying the jungle surrounding our place. 🙂